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Claire Windsor co-stars with Pat O''Malley and Robert Frazer in this drama about survival in the frozen tundra of the North. The highlight of the feature is an avalanche that threatens to cut people off from supplies needed for survival. A heroic driver races against time as he drives his sled dogs over 100 miles to help the victims of the disaster.

Barry Houston, the superintendent of a gang building a railroad tunnel through a Colorado mountain, warns John Keith, the project engineer, that he is doing too much blasting, thereby placing the crew in danger from avalanches. Attempting to set a record, Keith ignores Barry's advice, and, as a result of continued blasting, there is an avalanche that destroys the line camp, knocking out telegraph lines and the commissary. John and Barry go for help, returning with food and medical aid. Buck Carson, half-crazed by hunger and despair, attacks Robinette, and she throws boiling water in his face; Buck then blindly chases her toward a precipice. Barry saves her from Buck, and she confesses her love for the burly superintendent.